Drip-pan.



Patented July 30, 1912.

61%- Husky a drip pan with a the refrigerator with the water andprevent; f

. vide the inner end 1 drip plate fixed bottom 12 spaced above its loweredge of which the following This invention relates to drip pans to dropso that the particles of foreign sub- 'forced throughthe screen sure ofthe dripping water.

45 spective UNITED. srArEs PATENT JOFFICE.

DRIP-PAN.

1,034,340. Sneciflcatipn of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12,1911; Serial No. 632,813.

and ,having a laterally extending pipe 13 communicating through itscentral portion. The pipe 13, projects through the side of thereceptacle 10 and carries one end of a coupling 1%. The coupling 1i,connect-s a length of preferably copper pipe 15 to the pipe 13, thepipe 15 being adapted to convey the water from the receptacle to anydesired point of discharge: The bottom 12 slopes down toi'its centralportion to insure the flow of,the water to the pipe 13 and carries ascrew cap 16 ovef the .entrance to the pipe 13.

Fitted in the upper end of the receptacle 10 is an annular frame 17provided with an outstanding annular head 18 engaging the upper edgeoffthe receptacle to limit the downward movement of the frame. The lowerend of the frame 17 is closed by a disk screen 19 having its edgesecured to the lower edge of the frame. An imperforate drip plate 20-engages diametrically across the frame 17 and forms the central portionof the disk, the disk thereby being divided into two sections havingtheir inner opposite edges suitably secured to the opposite edges.extending To all whom it may-concern.

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. Brsnor, citizen of the United States,residing at Lestershire, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drip-Fans,

is a'specification for use in connectlon with refrigerators employed in.dwellings and the like wherega portable drainage device is necessary forcatching the dripping water from theice.

The invention has for an object to provide tube to carryo the water, anda screen to catch the slime vcarried from it from entering the tube.

Another object of this invention is toproof the tube with a proand toprovide the drip tecting screen cap,

disk above the cap to inan with a screen I sure the stoppage -of'slime,the screen dis-k being detachable so thatit canbe renewed or taken fromthe receptacle and; cleansed,

A further object of this i'nventi on is to rovide a screen disk with animperforate at its central portion upon which the water from therefrigerator is adapted handle 21' is carried upon the 1n the water willnot be disk by the presstances carried frame when it is desired tocleanse the disk.

In use, the water, in the refrigerator drops from the pipe 11 on to thecentral portion of the drip plate 20. The water spreads over, the dripplate and filters through the screen 19 into the receptacle 10. Theforeign substances usually carried off from the refrigerator in thewater are held uponithe disk screen 19 from falling into the receptacle,particularly since there is no force upon the water to force. theparticles through the; screen. The water drops directly upon the drip,plate perforate and flows laterally therefrom over the disk sections.The water disposed in the receptacle 10 moves by gravity towardthecentral portion of the bottom 12 and. passes through the cap 16 andinto the pipe 13. The water is conveyed through the pipe 15 to anysuitable point of discharge.

When thedisk screen 19 becomes 'clogge it can be readily removed by thehandle 21 and be'cleansed, th dripping water filtering through the cap16, wh'le the screendisk 19 is removed. When the device is the waterfilters through the disk screen 19 Other 'objects and advantages will behereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

' For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing in which: I

- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the drip pan applied to arefrigerator; Fig. 2 is an enlarged central and,. verticalsection takenthrough the drip pan; and Fig. 3'1s'a perview 0 the device, showing theparts removed fron 'one another.

Corresponding'andlike parts are referred to in the following descriptionand' indicated in all the: views of the drawing by the same. referencecharacters.

' Referring to the drawing, 10 designates :1. preferably cylindricalreceptacle a apted to stand beneath the 'refrigerator'and receive thedripping water from the feed pipe 11.. Thereceptacle 10 is provided witha.

.Patented auii eo, 1912.

20 which 18 im-,

of the drip plate 20. A laterally assembled 3. A drip pan comprising areceptacle, :1 screen closing the upper end of the receptacle, a dripplate'arranged centrally in the receptacle to receive the impact of thedripping water, a drainage pipe communicating With the receptacle, and ascreen cap closing the inner end of the drainage pipe.

drip pan comprising a receptacle, a bottom arranged in the receptacleand inclining toward its central portion, a drainage pipe communicating.with the central 'portionof the bottom, a screen cap closing the innerend of the drip pipe, a frame fitted in the upper end of the receptacle,a handle lateral y projectingfrom the frame to remove the same from thereceptacle, a "screen disk carried across the lower edge of and also thecap 16 so as to insure the stoppage of foreign substances carried by thewater.

What'I claim is:

5 -l. A drip pan comprising a receptacle, a raised bottom in thereceptacle, a drainage pipecommunicating with 'the central portion ofthebottom to carrywater from the receptacle, "a screen cap carriedupon the1 bottom covering the open end of the drainage pipe, a detachable frame"fitted in the upper end of the receptacle, a screen disk carried byithefranie, and "an' imperfo-rate Y drip plate arranged centrally Within the15 frame to receive the dripping Water from the refrigerator.

2. A. drip device for refrigerators com-' prising a receptacle, a dripplate carried across the upper end of the receptacle to re 20 ceivedripping Water from the refrigerator, l

. screens at oppositesides of the drip. plate to filter the waterflowing from the drip plate, a screen cap carriedin' the bottom of thereceptacle, and a drainage pipe open- 25 ing into the screen cap tocarry off the water. from the receptacle. v

frame for receiving the impact of the Water ropped into. the receptacle.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.CHARL S F. BISHOP. [L.s.] itnesses: Q i

. MIFFLIN BISHOP,

' LENA BISHOP.

the frame, and a drip plate carried. by the

